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self-story

self-story noun: a story or account specific to oneself.

Noun

self-story (plural self-stories)

  1. A story or account specific to oneself.
    • This process facilitates the construction of a more comprehensive and coherent account of the client's self-story.2004, Hubert J.M. Hermans, Giancarlo Dimaggio, The Dialogical Self in Psychotherapy, page 79
    • Therapeutically, the goal of ACT is not so much to alter a person's self-story but to weaken their attachment to it.2014, John Marzillier, The Trauma Therapies

Forms of self-story

pluralself-stories
alternative formself story

Origin of self-story

From self- + story.

Questions about self-story

What does self-story mean?
Self-story means a story or account specific to oneself.
What part of speech is self-story?
Self-story is a noun.
What is the plural of self-story?
The plural of self-story is self-stories.

Words near self-story in the dictionary

  1. self-stimulating
  2. self-stimulation
  3. self-stimulatory
  4. self-storage
  5. self-stories
  6. self-story
  7. self-striping
  8. self-structured
  9. self-studied
  10. self-studies
  11. self-study

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